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Le Monde & L'Oréal

  • Photography

Nine portraits and the reportage around them for L'Oréal's eight-page supplement in Le Monde.

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Operator in a hairnet, safety glasses and hi-vis vest at a touch screen on a production line, Le Monde & L'Oréal

L'Oréal wanted its purpose told by real people, from its labs to an Emmaüs salon. I shot all nine in the same light, so the factory director and the sprinter stand on equal footing. The supplement ran in December 2024 and won silver at the Grand Prix Stratégies de la beauté 2025.

The portraits

Smiling young woman in a white and navy varsity jacket in a dark doorway, portrait for Le Monde & L'Oréal Woman with glasses, an orange top and a gold necklace against green foliage, portrait for Le Monde & L'Oréal Grey-haired man in a navy jacket with striped sleeves, hands in pockets, portrait for Le Monde & L'Oréal
Man with glasses in a navy suit, arms crossed, beside green plants, portrait for Le Monde & L'Oréal Woman in a black knit top, arms crossed, against a glass wall, portrait for Le Monde & L'Oréal Woman in a white blazer standing by bookshelves in warm light, portrait for Le Monde & L'Oréal
Woman in a black leather jacket leaning on a window beside shelves of hair products, Le Monde & L'Oréal Woman in a black suit, arms crossed, beneath a steel structure, portrait for Le Monde & L'Oréal Man in a grey suit and white shirt, hands in pockets, against a wooden fence, portrait for Le Monde & L'Oréal

Labs and factory floor

Glass façade of the L'Oréal factory in Caudry behind blurred greenery, Le Monde & L'Oréal
Two researchers in white coats at work in a bright laboratory, Le Monde & L'Oréal Operator in a hairnet and hi-vis vest checking a screen on the production line, L'Oréal factory, Le Monde Lancôme jars being filled with white cream on the production line, L'Oréal factory, Le Monde & L'Oréal
Gloved hands holding a Petri dish and a swab in the laboratory, Le Monde & L'Oréal Researcher in green gloves using a pipette over a white container in the laboratory, Le Monde & L'Oréal Rows of foundation bottles curving along the production line, L'Oréal factory, Le Monde & L'Oréal

We must
deconstruct
the
perspective
that views
beauty as
something
ridiculous or
superficial.

Woman in a white blazer sitting on a window ledge, looking outside, portrait for Le Monde & L'Oréal

Credits

Agency

M plus

Production

Barbero&You

Role

Photographer

Team

Martin Tournebize    Assistant
Margaux Duroux    Make-up
Chic Paris    Retouching

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